hi i live in three bed house with my son fa few days ago i received a letter from my council is telling me i have to pay rent for my extra bed room because of change in housing benefit in 2013 other vise i have to move to smaller property.

iam getting disability allowance iam wondering is any one know how can i stay in my property and not to pay for extra bed room .many thanks

Hi. If you get a doctor's letter that you need overnight care, even if it is not every night that should be enough evidence. That is what I needed to move into a 2 bedroom flat and that was also acceptable for the rent issue too. Best of luck x

You're right. They should all accept anyone using it. It should all hang on a doctor saying you need overnight help and nothing else. They demand to be so intrusive now. I got really upset years back when I had to tell a panel that I wet myself when I get paralysed. Now I am bold and hope they get humbled.xx

As long as you are getting at least middle rate personal care, then you should be entitled to the extra room for a carer. However, you may have to give a person;s name and that you need someone at least 5-6 days a week. It could be more than one person I think. That is what I did. Although now I now have a full time carer, but then they took off my severe disablement allowance from Income Support when he moved in.

Hi Laurie. It is dependent on Local Council but you can see from above answers all that should be required is that you need care. It does not matter who gives the care and it is not dependent on level of assessed care needs. You may never have claimed DLA or been through social services assessment. Just as answers above. x